PORTABLE HANDHELD DEVICE WITH MULTI-CORE MICROCODED IMAGE PROCESSOR - A portable handheld device including a CPU for processing a script; a multi-core processor for processing an image; an input buffer for receiving data for processing by the multi-core processor, the input buffer being provided under the control of the multi-core processor to send data thereto; and an output buffer for receiving data processed by the multi-core processor, the output buffer being provided under the control of the multi-core processor to receive data therefrom. The multi-core processor comprises a plurality of micro-coded processing units. The CPU is configured with authority to clear and query the input and output buffers.

2013-01-10

20130010136

PORTABLE HANDHELD DEVICE WITH MULTI-CORE IMAGE PROCESSOR - A portable handheld device includes an image sensor for capturing an image; and a one-chip microcontroller having integrated therein a CPU for processing a script language and a multi-core processor for processing an image captured by the image sensor. The multi-core processor includes therein multiple processing units connected in parallel by a common crossbar switch. Each processing unit includes an arithmetic and logic unit (ALU), each ALU defining therein two internal crossbar switches for internal data transfer within one processing unit.

2013-01-10

20130010137

PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A photographing apparatus includes: a taking lens including a movable focusing lens; an image pickup portion that converts an optical image obtained via the taking lens into an image signal; a movement determining portion that determines movement of the photographing apparatus in an optical axis direction of the taking lens; and a recording portion that continuously records therein a plurality of images obtained by the image pickup portion with the focusing lens being set to a fixed position so that the taking lens is at a predetermined focused position as the photographing apparatus moves in the optical axis direction of the taking lens.

2013-01-10

20130010138

Digital Camera with an Image Processor - A method operable in a digital image acquisition system having no photographic film is provided. The method comprises receiving a relatively low resolution image of a scene from an image stream, wherein the scene potentially includes one or more faces. At least one high quality face classifier is applied to the image to identify relatively large and medium sized face regions and at least one relaxed face classifier is applied to the image to identify relatively small sized face regions. A relatively high resolution image of nominally the same scene is received and at least one high quality face classifier is applied to the identified small sized face regions in the higher resolution version of said image.

2013-01-10

20130010139

IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a geometric converter configured to perform a geometric conversion process to a first frame image among frame images that are sequentially generated through imaging, based on motion information obtained by using a motion detector sensor, a motion vector detector configured to detect a motion vector between a geometric conversion image obtained through the geometric conversion process and a second frame image that has not undergone the geometric conversion process, an image stabilization parameter calculator configured to calculate an image stabilization parameter for different motions by using the motion information and the motion vector, and a stabilized image generator configured to generate a stabilized image through a deformation process to the second frame image or a frame image generated subsequent to the second frame image by utilizing the image stabilization parameter.

2013-01-10

20130010140

PORTABLE HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR DEBLURRING SENSED IMAGES - A portable hand-held device is provided having an image sensor for sensing an image of a scene, a motion sensor for detecting motion of the device relative to the scene, and a processor for receiving image manipulation instructions via encoded media. The processor processes the sensed image to remove blur therein based on the detected relative device motion and the received image manipulation instructions.

2013-01-10

20130010141

HANDHELD DIGITAL CAMERA DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSING AND DECODING CAPABILITIES - A handheld digital camera device including: an image sensor for capturing images and generating image data; a two-dimensional motion sensor for generating motion data; and an integral processor configured for: controlling operation of the image sensor; estimating an angular velocity of the camera device relative to an external environment using the motion data; decoding an imaged coding pattern printed on a substrate; and performing an action in the handheld electronic device based on the decoded coding pattern.

2013-01-10

20130010142

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - Provision is made for obtaining a high-quality image with noise, such as ringing, reduced. An image processing device includes an image correction means for applying image-shake correction processing to an input image; a correction-image characteristic detection means for detecting a characteristic of a correction image obtained through the image-shake correction processing; a first characteristic-determination means for outputting selection information, based on a characteristic-detected correction image obtained through detection of the characteristic of the correction image; and an image outputting means for outputting the input image or the correction image, based on the selection information. As a result, it is made possible to obtain a high-quality image with noise reduced.

2013-01-10

20130010143

IMAGING ASSEMBLY FOR MARINE USE - An imaging assembly for marine use. The imaging assembly includes a stand having a magnetic base adapted for releasably attaching the stand to a vessel. In use, the stand extending upward from the base to an upper portion. The assembly includes a night vision imaging device mounted on the stand for imaging a selected field of view and a power source mounted on the stand and operatively connected to the imaging device for providing power to the imaging device. The imaging assembly also includes a transmitter mounted on the stand and operatively connected to the imaging device for transmitting a signal corresponding to the selected field of view to a remote location.

2013-01-10

20130010144

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING IMMERSIVE DISPLAYS OF VIDEO CAMERA INFORMATION FROM A PLURALITY OF CAMERAS - A system for providing stitched video from a first camera and a second camera to an electronic display system includes a processing circuit configured to associate a view a first camera with an approximate location. The processing circuit is further configured to build relationship data between the first camera and a second camera using the approximate location. The processing circuit is further configured to transform video from the first camera relative to video from the second camera, the transformation based on the relationship data. The processing circuit is further configured to use the transformed video to cause the stitched video to be provided to the electronic display system.

2013-01-10

20130010145

SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image sensing apparatus includes a solid-state image sensing device, signal processing circuit device, and a multi-layer wiring package. The solid-state image sensing device has a pixel in an image sensing area thereof. The pixel receives incident light and generate a signal electric charge. The signal processing circuit device is arranged to face the image sensing area and applies signal processing to a signal output from the solid-state image sensing device. The multi-layer wiring package has wiring layers, the solid-state image sensing device, and the signal processing circuit device. Each of the wiring layers is laminated via an insulator. The multi-layer wiring package is formed such that a first wiring layer provided between the solid-state image sensing device and the signal processing circuit device has a greater thickness than second wiring layers and has heat conductivity higher than or equal to heat conductivity of the second wiring layers.

2013-01-10

20130010146

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image processing device includes a dynamic range compressor that changes a characteristic of a tone curve depending on a position on input image data so as to compress a dynamic range of the image data, and a coordinate converter that converts coordinates of the image data of which the dynamic range has been compressed.

2013-01-10

20130010147

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a unit that obtains a plurality of image data, a unit that designates an image group as an editing target in the plurality of image data, a unit that determines a main object in each image data of the image group, a unit that obtains, from the image data, information to determine a depth-direction relative positional relationship between the main object and an image capturing apparatus, the information containing information of the main object, a unit that determines, based on the information, the depth-direction relative positional relationship between the image capturing apparatus and the main object in each image data of the image group, and a unit that determines, based on the positional relationship, a layout order and image sizes or an image overlay order of the image data of the image group on a layout plane.

2013-01-10

20130010148

PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICE WITH MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - A portable imaging device that has a CMOS image sensor, a color display for displaying an image sensed by the CMOS image sensor and a central processor. The central processor has an image sensor interface for receiving data from the CMOS image sensor, multiple processing units for parallel operation to simultaneously process the data, and an image display interface for sending processed data to the color display. The central processor is integrated onto a single chip.

2013-01-10

20130010149

PORTABLE DEVICE WITH IMAGE SENSORS AND MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - A portable device that has first and second image sensors and a central processor. The central processor has a first sensor interface and a second sensor interface for receiving data from the from the first and second image sensors respectively such that the data is simultaneously processed in the multiple processing units. The central processor integrates the multiple processing units and the first and second sensor interfaces onto a single chip.

2013-01-10

20130010150

PORTABLE HANDHELD DEVICE WITH MULTI-CORE IMAGE PROCESSOR - A portable handheld device includes an image sensor for capturing an image; an orientation sensor for determining a rotation of the image sensor; and a system-on-chip processor having integrated on a common wafer a CPU for processing a script language, a multi-core processor for processing an image captured by the image sensor, and a common synchronization register. The multi-core processor includes multiple processing units connected in parallel by a crossbar switch. Each processing unit stores one or more synchronization bits for identifying which of the other processing units are functioning as a single process therewith. The common synchronization register contains therein synchronization bits from each of the processing units.

2013-01-10

20130010151

PORTABLE HANDHELD DEVICE WITH MULTI-CORE IMAGE PROCESSOR - A portable handheld device includes an image sensor for capturing an image; an image sensor interface for receiving data from the image sensor; a DRAM for storing the data received by the image sensor interface; an image processor for storing the image the DRAM, the image processor including a plurality of micro-coded processing units; a central processor for instructing the image processor; and an orientation sensor for sensing a rotation of the protable handheld device at a time of sensing the image. The central processor is configured to load the plurality of micro-coded processing units of the image processor with micro-code for performing an affine transform of the data in the DRAM to rotate the data in the DRAM by a rotation corresponding to the rotation sensed by the orientation sensor.

2013-01-10

20130010152

HAND HELD IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE WITH MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR FOR FACIAL DETECTION - A hand held image capture device that has a camera with an image sensor to capture a scene viewed by the camera and, a central processor having multiple processing units and an image sensor interface integrated onto a single chip. The image sensor interface is configured to receive data from the image sensor and the multiple processing units being configured for processing in the data. The processing of the data includes detecting faces within the scene.

2013-01-10

20130010153

IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To provide an apparatus and method for realizing a processing with which a pixel gravity center control can be conducted when a pixel number reduction image is generated in an image pickup apparatus. A pixel unit configured to output a pixel addition signal obtained by adding output pixel signals from pixels having different sensitivities to each other and a pixel information synthesis unit configured to execute a weighted addition processing of multiplying plural pixel addition signals output from the pixel unit by a previously set gain and calculate a configuration pixel value of a pixel number reduction image where a total number of pixels is lower than a number of pixels of the pixel unit are provided. A control on gravity center positions for respective pixels constituting the pixel number reduction image is executed through the pixel addition signal generation processing by the pixel unit and the weighted addition processing by the pixel information synthesis unit. For example, a gravity center position control to evenly arrange the gravity center positions for the respective pixels constituting the pixel number reduction image in the pixel unit is executed. Through this processing, it is possible to generate a high quality image in which a generation of jaggies or the like is suppressed.

LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus and a camera system including the same are disclosed. According to an aspect of the invention, a camera system is provided that includes a light source color detector for detecting a color temperature of a light source; an auxiliary light apparatus for changing a color temperature of auxiliary light according to the detected color temperature of the light source; and a white balance controller for adjusting white balance while the auxiliary light is being radiated. Accordingly, a photograph having a natural color sense can be reproduced by reducing a sense of color incongruity in a captured image.

2013-01-10

20130010156

IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to performing imaging processing for dividing a video signal obtained by an imaging unit into a plurality of areas, and detecting in parallel respective evaluation values of video signals of the plurality of areas, reducing the video signal obtained by the imaging unit, detecting an evaluation value of the reduced video signal, and controlling an operation of the imaging apparatus using either the evaluation values of video signals of the plurality of areas or the evaluation value of the reduced video signal.

2013-01-10

20130010157

IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND WHITE-BALANCE CONTROL METHOD PROVIDED THEREFOR - The present invention allows for selecting a predetermined chromatic color for extraction from among a plurality of chromatic colors based on the result of identification of acquired photographing information. When the value of a white extraction area of the photographing information is smaller than a first threshold value, it is determined whether the value of the area of the selected predetermined chromatic color is greater than or equal to a second threshold value. If the value of the predetermined chromatic-color area is determined to be greater than or equal to the second threshold value, white balance is controlled by bringing the value of the predetermined chromatic-color area near to a predetermined target color value.

2013-01-10

20130010158

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store information of an OTF or a PSF of an optical system for at least one of capturing conditions, and an image processor configured to generate secondary and higher components of a phase of an OTF or a shape component of a PSF corresponding to a capturing condition of a captured image through an interpolation based on at least two OTFs or PSF in the memory, while center-of-gravity positions or maximum intensity positions are accorded with each other or differential root-mean-square values of the point spread functions are minimum, and to restore the image utilizing the generated OTF or an OTF derived from the generated PSF.

2013-01-10

20130010159

PORTABLE HANDHELD DEVICE WITH MULTI-CORE IMAGE PROCESSOR - According to an aspect of the disclosure, a portable handheld device includes a CPU for processing a script; a multi-core processor for processing an image, and a DRAM for storing image data. The CPU and multi-core processor are integrated on one wafer and share a data cache provided on the same wafer. The DRAM is provided external to the wafer. The portable handheld device further comprises a DRAM interface for receiving and sending data to the DRAM, the DRAM interface being provided on the same wafer and sharing the data cache with the CPU and the multi-core processor.

2013-01-10

20130010160

IMAGE RESTORATION DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE RESTORATION METHOD - An image restoration device according to the present invention includes: a point spread function storage unit which stores any two PSFs among a first range PSF for restoring a first sweep image serving as a sweep image when a sweep range is a first range; a second range PSF for restoring a second sweep image serving as the sweep image when the sweep range is a second range which excludes the first range; a third range PSF for restoring a third sweep image serving as the sweep image when the sweep range is a third range obtained by combining the first range and the second range; and a PSF calculation unit which performs addition or subtraction on the two PSFs to calculate a remaining one among the first, second, and third range PSFs.

2013-01-10

20130010161

METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGE - A method for capturing an image, suitable for an image capturing apparatus with a flash lamp, is provided. In the invention, a pre-flash image is captured when a pre-flash is fired by the flash lamp. An intensity of a main flash is estimated. Whether the pre-flash image is overexposed is determined for calculating an overexposure number. A brightness comparison data is looked up according to the overexposure number and a brightness target value, so as to reduce a photosensitivity. A raw image is captured according to the reduced photosensitivity when the main flash is fired by the flash lamp.

2013-01-10

20130010162

IMAGE SENSORS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND INTERPOLATION METHODS OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image sensor, an image processing apparatus including the same and an interpolation method of the image processing apparatus are provided. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels that include a low-luminance pixel including a first photoelectric conversion device that accumulates a charge less than a predetermined reference value and a high-luminance pixel including a second photoelectric conversion device that accumulates a charge more than the predetermined reference value. Interpolation is carried out giving more weight to the low-luminance pixel at low luminance and giving more weight to the high-luminance pixel at high luminance, so that a higher SNR is obtained.

2013-01-10

20130010163

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an aberration amount generation unit that calculates an aberration amount of a different color component signal with reference to a position of a color component signal of a criterion color having pixels larger in number than a different color included in image data, based on a luminance value of a pixel signal included in the image data; and a correction unit that generates a color difference signal from the different color component signal and the color component signal of the criterion color and corrects chromatic aberration of the color component signal of the different color present between pixels of the criterion color using the color difference signal based on the aberration amount.

2013-01-10

20130010164

SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section having an effective pixel region formed by a plurality of pixels which are disposed in the form of a matrix, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion device and a transistor reading out an electric charge obtained by photoelectric conversion at the photoelectric conversion device, and which are illuminated by light and a light-shielded pixel region formed by a plurality of pixels which are shielded from light; a row scan section selecting and controlling each row of pixels of the pixel array section to output a signal from each of the pixels of the selected row of pixels to a column signal line provided in association with the row of pixels; and an A-D conversion section converting the signal output from the signal line into a digital signal.

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a black level regulating unit. The black level regulating unit has a frame integration average holding unit. A frame integration average is an integration average of an optical black signal using a video frame as a unit. The frame integration average holding unit holds the frame integration average as a signal to be applied to a black level regulation of an effective pixel signal. The frame integration average holding unit updates the frame integration average when an image pickup condition is changed.

2013-01-10

20130010167

HANDHELD IMAGING DEVICE WITH IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR INTERFACE PROVIDED ON SHARED SUBSTRATE - A handheld imaging device includes an image sensor for sensing an image; a processor for processing the sensed image; a plurality of processing units provided in the processor, the plurality of processing units connected in parallel by a crossbar switch to form a multi-core processing unit for the processor; and an image sensor interface for converting signals from the image sensor to a format readable by the plurality of processing units, the image sensor interface sharing a wafer substrate with the processor. The image sensor interface provides communication between the micro-controller and the image sensor. The bus interface provides communication between the micro-controller and devices external to the micro-controller other than the image sensor. Communication between the image sensor interface and the micro-controller is conducted entirely on the shared wafer substrate.

2013-01-10

20130010168

GRAPHICS MULTI-MEDIA IC AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION - A graphics multi-media integrated circuit (GMIC) is connected to a host processor over two serial links: a half duplex bi-directional serial link which accords to a display serial interface protocol, and a uni-directional serial link which accords to a camera serial interface protocol. The GMIC receives packets from the host over the half duplex bi-directional serial link and processes these packets. The GMIC sends packets over the uni-directional serial link. A packet from the host can request a processing operation by the GMIC or can initiate a memory operation at the memory of the GMIC. The GMIC can also send packets to the host to initiate a host memory operation and may be connected to a display over a bi-directional serial link and to a camera over a uni-directional serial link and a bi-directional control link allowing the host to control the display and camera.

2013-01-10

20130010169

IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging sensor configured to capture a subject image to output image data, a display unit configured to display an image based on the output image data, a touch panel configured to receive an operation by user's touching, the touch panel arranged on the display unit, and a controller configured to control enabling/disabling of the touch operation on the touch panel based on an output from the imaging sensor.

2013-01-10

20130010170

IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes a control unit that sets a touch area corresponding to a periphery of an initial touch position on a touch panel as an area used for adjusting an image that is displayed at the initial touch position on the basis of a signal that is output by the touch panel disposed in connection with a display unit.

2013-01-10

20130010171

IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing unit which sequentially generates still image data, a holding unit which holds a plurality of still image data, a display unit which displays the still image data, a setting unit which sets a predetermined state as the start timing of shooting by the image sensing unit, a determination unit which determines whether the predetermined state has been obtained, a shooting control unit which causes the image sensing unit to start shooting when the determination unit determines that the predetermined state has been obtained, a display control unit which causes the display unit to sequentially display, at a display speed lower than an actual time, the still image data, a selection unit which selects one of a plurality of image data displayed on the display unit, and a recording unit which records the selected image data.

2013-01-10

20130010172

METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING NOTIFICATION PROFILES - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing notification profiles is provided. The method comprises acquiring, at an image acquisition module of a portable electronic device, an image of a graphical indicator. The graphical indicator comprises a machine readable representation of data identifying one of the plurality of notification profiles. The method further comprises extracting from the image the data identifying one of a plurality of notification profiles maintained in a memory of the portable electronic device. The method further comprises selecting the one of the plurality of notification profiles corresponding to the extracted identifying data as an active notification profile.

2013-01-10

20130010173

PORTABLE HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ORIENTED IMAGES - A portable hand-held device is provided having a network interface for sharing images between the device and a network, an image display for displaying the shared images, an orientation sensor for sensing an orientation of the device, and a processor for processing the displayed images based on the sensed device orientation and outputting the processed images to the image display.

2013-01-10

20130010174

ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including first to fifth lens units in order from an object side toward an image. The refractive powers of the first to the fifth lens units are positive, negative, positive, negative and positive, respectively. The distance between the first and the second lens units is increased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and the distance between the second and the third lens unit is decreased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens unit and the fourth lens unit are fixed for the zooming. When M2 and M3 are the amounts of movement of the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, respectively, the conditional expression; 0.2

2013-01-10

20130010175

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING THE OPTICAL QUALITY OF A TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE - A device for analyzing a transparent surface of a substrate including a reference pattern facing a surface of the substrate to be measured. The reference pattern is formed on a support of short and long extents. A camera is provided for taking at least one image of the reference pattern distorted by the measured substrate. A reference pattern illumination system and a processor for processing the image and digital analysis are connected to the camera. The support is of oblong shape and the reference pattern is a one-directional pattern that extends along the shortest extent of the support. The pattern is transversely periodic to the short extent, and the camera is a linear camera.

2013-01-10

20130010176

Imaging Device and Portable Terminal - An imaging device having an optical imaging system which has a parallel plate which is transparent at least in a visible light region, is joined by adhesives and is held on a holding member, wherein the holding member including: an opening section which is provided in order to pass light rays from the optical imaging system; a holding surface for holding a periphery of the parallel plate, formed around the opening section in a square shape, and intersecting perpendicularly to an optical axis of the optical imaging system; a side wall which is provided to stand parallel to the optical axis at an outside with respect to the opening section of the holding surface; and an adhesive collecting section which is arranged in each of four corners of the holding surface and is hollowed from the holding surface.

2013-01-10

20130010177

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND AUTO-FOCUSING METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus includes a lens; a light dividing unit that divides incident light having passed through the lens into a first path and a second path; an imaging device that generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion using the incident light of the first path; an auto-focusing unit that generates a lens drive signal by using the incident light of the second path; and a lens driving unit that drives the lens by using the lens drive signal.

2013-01-10

20130010178

OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - There is provided an optical pickup apparatus. In an optical pickup apparatus, a focus diffraction region includes focus regions of which a number of types is equal to a number of types of light that can be emitted by a light source. The types of the focus regions correspond to the respective types of light, the respective focus regions diffract the corresponding types of light toward same positions of focus light-receiving regions. The focus regions include a plurality of focus segmented regions. The plurality of focus segmented regions of the respective types of focus regions are periodically distributed in the focus diffraction region, and at least some of the focus segmented regions are disposed to be adjacent to focus segmented regions for different types of light.

CATADIOPTRIC LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A catadioptric lens system includes, in order of light travel: a first lens group that includes a concave mirror and a convex mirror and has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that is positioned on the image side of the concave mirror and has a negative refractive power; and a third lens group that has a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group has a plurality of lenses on the image side of the concave mirror, and some lenses of the plurality of lenses are formed as a vibration-proof group so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis.

2013-01-10

20130010181

OPTICAL UNIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an optical unit and an imaging apparatus, which can realize a lens element that has a high MTF, is small, bright, and optimal to a fixed-focus camera while having an advantage of a three-group configuration that the depth of field is deep.

2013-01-10

20130010182

IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging unit obtains image data. An imaging controller controls the imaging unit to obtain a plurality of pieces of image data having different exposure values. A standard image decision unit decides the image data with the shortest length of exposure time of the plurality of pieces of image data as standard image data. A correlation quantity detection unit detects a correlation quantity between the standard image data and the plurality of pieces of image data. A first combination processing unit generates first combined image data by combining the plurality of pieces of image data in accordance with the correlation quantity. A second combination processing unit combines the standard image data and the first combined image data.

2013-01-10

20130010183

SENSING RANGE SELECTABLE IMAGE SENSOR MODULE - A sensing range selectable image sensor module includes a lens defining a first light-sensing area, which allows a relatively larger amount of light to pass, and a second light-sensing area, which allows a relatively smaller amount of light to pass, two sensors respectively arranged at one side relative to the lens corresponding to the first light-sensing area and the second light-sensing area and electrically coupled to a controller for receiving light from the first or second light-sensing area and generating a respective trigger signal selectively receivable by the controller.

ACCESSORY, CAMERA, ACCESSORY SHOE, AND CONNECTOR - An accessory communicates with a camera. The accessory includes a terminal section which has a plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals includes a startup state providing terminal that supplies, to the camera, a detection level in order for the camera to detect that the accessory is capable of being started up, a data signal terminal that outputs a data signal, which includes information regarding the accessory, to the camera, and a first reference potential terminal which becomes a reference potential of the detection level and the data signal. The startup state providing terminal is arranged side by side with the data signal terminal, and the first reference potential terminal is arranged side by side with the data signal terminal such that the data signal terminal is disposed between the startup state providing terminal and the first reference potential terminal.

2013-01-10

20130010186

TELESCOPING MONOPOD CAMERA HOLDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides a telescoping monopod apparatus for holding one or more cameras while a digital photograph or video recording is taken by a user, including: a plurality of concentrically-disposed telescoping shaft sections; a handle coupled to the plurality of concentrically-disposed telescoping shaft sections; and a head portion configured to receive and secure a camera, wherein the head portion includes: a neck portion; at least one substantially-flat camera-receiving surface; a pair of lipped retention members coupled to each of the substantially-flat camera-receiving surfaces present; and a central track structure coupled to each of the substantially-flat camera-receiving surfaces present.

2013-01-10

20130010187

SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE, SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A signal transmitting device includes: a first mapping unit including a two-pixel thinning control unit that thins out two pixel samples adjacent to each other in the same line from a class image whose number of pixels in a frame is greater than that of pixels defined in the HD-SDI format and that maps the thinned-out pixel samples onto a video data area of first to N-th sub-images, and a line thinning control unit that converts the first to N/2-th sub-images into 4:2:2/r bit signals and converts the (N/2+1)-th to N-th sub-images into 4:0:0/r bit signals; and a second mapping unit that outputs a dual link HD-SDI signal obtained by converting a data structure of the 4:2:2/r bit signal and a data structure of the 4:0:0/r bit signal in a basic stream output from the first mapping unit into a data structure of a 4:4:4/r bit signal.

2013-01-10

20130010188

WIDE-BAND MULTI-FORMAT AUDIO/VIDEO PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH FRAME-RATE CONVERSION - A system for processing an audio/video program to output at a desired display rate includes a computer including RAM, ROM and a processor. The system has an input receiving an input video program in a first interlaced format. The computer has hardware or software functioning to: storing the input program, at least temporarily, in the first format; de-interlacing the input video program to generate a video program in a first progressive format having progressive frames, each progressive frame being derived from a respective one, and only one, of the fields in the first interlaced format; removing or repeating some of the frames of the video program in the first progressive format generating a program in a second progressive format; outputting the program in the second progressive format, wherein the display rate of the program is at least 48 frames-per-second.

2013-01-10

20130010189

DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.

2013-01-10

20130010190

DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.

2013-01-10

20130010191

DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.

2013-01-10

20130010192

DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.

2013-01-10

20130010193

Direct Digital Encoding and Radio Frequency Modulation for Broadcast Television Applications - A digital audio encoder, digital video conditioner, and a digital modulator are described for producing a television broadcast signal at a desired channel frequency range. Left and right audio channel signals are digitized and encoded according to a stereo standard and then combined to form a stereo audio signal. A second audio programming channel signal may be included. A video input can be digitized and conditioned to form a digital video channel. The stereo audio signal can be placed directly at a desired channel frequency by frequency modulation without the need for using an intermediate frequency. The digital video channel can be placed at a desired frequency by amplitude modulation. The digital and audio channels can be digitally combined to create a television transmission signal at a desired frequency and according to a desired standard.

2013-01-10

20130010194

TELEVISION-INTEGRATED COMPUTER AND BOOT IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - In a method for displaying a boot image on a television-integrated computer that includes a display module, a television (TV) module, and a computer module operable to generate a computer video signal, the TV-integrated computer first determines whether initialization of the TV module has been completed. When initialization has not yet been completed, the computer module allows the display module to display a computer image according to the computer video signal. Otherwise, the computer module outputs the computer video signal to the TV module, and the TV module outputs a display signal according to the computer video signal to the display module to allow the display module to display the computer image according to the display signal.

2013-01-10

20130010195

AV OUTPUT SYSTEM PERFORMING VIDEO OUTPUT - If an incoming call arrives at a mobile phone as an AV output device while a video signal is output to a TV as an AV input device, as incoming call processing, a command notifying arrival of the incoming call is transmitted to the TV, and thereafter output of the video signal is stopped. The reason for the stop is displayed on the TV. When the call is terminated in the mobile phone, a command notifying termination of the call is transmitted to the TV, and the output of the video signal is resumed. Thereby, a notification screen is stopped on the TV, and reproduction of video is resumed.

2013-01-10

20130010196

Method and System for Key Aware Scaling - A video processing device can determine whether an input pixel includes a keyed video parameter prior to filtering the input pixel. A non-keyed substitute pixel can be generated for the input pixel that includes the keyed video parameter. The non-keyed substitute pixel can be filtered if the input pixel included the keyed video parameter, otherwise the input pixel can be filtered.

2013-01-10

20130010197

SHARED MEMORY MULTI VIDEO CHANNEL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHODS - A shared memory video processor including signal processing circuitry. The signal processing circuitry may enable a noise reducer and a de-interlacer to share access to field buffers in a memory device to store various field lines. Some of the stored field lines may also be shared within the signal processing circuitry. The sharing of some stored field lines reduces overall memory bandwidth and capacity requirements. The signal processing circuitry may be capable of performing multiple field line processing. A set of field line buffers may be provided to store field lines for multiple field segments and may provide the data to the corresponding inputs of the signal processing circuitry. To further reduce storage, some of the field line buffers may also be shared among the signal processing circuitry.

2013-01-10

20130010198

Video Capture from Multiple Sources - A method for capturing video frames from a plurality of video channels is provided. A list of a least two descriptors is formed for each of the plurality of video channels in a memory accessible to a direct memory access (DMA) engine, wherein each of the two or more descriptors for each channel is programmed to define a storage location for a sequential frame of video data for the channel. A sequence of video frames is received from the plurality of video channels, wherein for each channel, video frames are received at a frame rate for that channel. A DMA engine uses descriptors from the list to store video frames as they are received. The list is updated periodically to replace used descriptors.

2013-01-10

20130010199

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DC-TO-DC CONVERTER, AND RECEIVER - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element mounting unit, a first conductor, a semiconductor element, a first connection and a second connection. The first conductor is provided around the semiconductor element mounting unit. The semiconductor element is provided on the semiconductor element mounting unit and includes a first switch element and a second switch element provided parallel to the first switch element. The first connection and the second connection are provided on the first switch element side of an imaginary boundary line obtained by extending a boundary between the first switch element and the second switch element. The first connection and the second connection are electrically connected to the first switch element and the second switch element, respectively, and electrically connected to the first conductor.

DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNAL, DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNAL - A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message includes an extended text message (ETM). If the ETT is an event ETT, the table ID extension field includes an event identification which specifies an identification number of an event associated with the ETT. On the other hand, if the ETT is a channel ETT, the table identification extension field includes a source identification which specifies a programming source of a virtual channel associated with the ETT. A section-filtering unit included in the DTV receiver is able to use table identification extension fields of a plurality of ETTs for section-filtering a pertinent event or channel ETT from the ETTs.

INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An information display apparatus includes a fan face that is openly/closably bent like bellows, the fan face comprising a thin film flat display formed on a flexible and bendy thin film, the thin film flat display comprising a full color organic EL display capable of displaying a full color television image, a pair of main ribs joined to respective ends of the fan face, the fan face being disposed between the main ribs, a plurality of intermediate ribs interposed between the main ribs, the fan face being joined to the intermediate ribs, and a pivot for turnably fixing the main ribs and the intermediate ribs in a root portion. A television receiver circuit is disposed in one of the main ribs.

GESTURE BASED INTERACTIVE CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A computer-implemented method for controlling one or more electronic devices by recognition of gestures made by a three-dimensional object (3D). In one example embodiment, the method comprises capturing a series of successive 3D images in real time, identifying that the object has a predetermined elongated shape, identifying that the object is oriented substantially towards a predetermined direction, determining at least one qualifying action being performed by a user and/or the object, comparing the at least one qualifying action to one or more pre-determined actions associated with the direction towards which the object is oriented, and, based on the comparison, selectively issuing to the one or more electronic devices a command associated with the at least one qualifying action.

2013-01-10

20130010208

VIDEO DISPLAY - The present disclosure provides a video display comprising a substrate having electrodes. A mask layer covers a portion of the electrodes, stacked gates is over the mask layer. Emitters are formed on a portion of the electrodes to emit electrons, wherein the stacked gates are used for extracting electron beam from the emitters, wherein the emitters is formed with carbon nanotube emitter to improve video images and local brightening for display; and a panel disposed above the stacked gates; a fluorescent film attached to a surface of said panel and the fluorescent film being hit by electron emitted from the emitter to emit color for display.

LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit includes a discharge tube, a backlight chassis and a reinforcing member. The backlight chassis includes a bottom plate and side plates that rise from a surface of the bottom plate at the respective edges of the bottom plate. The backlight chassis houses the discharge tube that is arranged on the first surface of the bottom plate. The reinforcing member includes fixing portions that is fixed to the respective side plates and a reinforcing portion that is in contact with a rear surface of the bottom plate of the backlight chassis and connected to the fixing portions.

PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A projector that performs light control by varying power level of a light source in response to a video signal, includes a cooling fan that cools the light source, and a control device that averages samples of the power level of the light source based on the video signal or a brightness level of the video signal acquired with respect to each unit time and performs feedback control of a rotational speed of the cooling fan based on the average value, wherein the control device varies the number of samples and calculates the average value between the cases where the power level or the brightness level is rising and falling.

2013-01-10

20130010213

SIGNAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND MULTIPLE PRIMARY COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE CIRCUIT - A signal conversion circuit is disclosed which is suitably used in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and a multiprimary liquid crystal display device having such a signal conversion circuit. A signal conversion circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention is for use in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and converts an input video signal to a multiprimary signal corresponding to four or more primary colors. When generating a multiprimary signal for displaying dark skin, the signal conversion circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention applies a conversion to the video signal so that a color difference Δu′v′=((u′−u

2013-01-10

20130010214

LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit includes a discharge tube, a plate, a vibration absorber for absorbing vibrations, and a backlight chassis. The backlight chassis includes a bottom plate and side plates that rise from a surface of the bottom plate at the respective edges of the bottom plate. The backlight chassis houses the vibration absorber, the plate, and the discharge tube arranged in this sequence from the surface of the bottom plate. The plate is in contact with the vibration absorber.

2013-01-10

20130010215

ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination optical system includes a two-dimensional laser-array light source including a plurality of laser light sources arranged in a two-dimensional array on a plane; an integrator optical system configured to superpose incident light and emit the light to an irradiated surface; a plurality of first lenses disposed parallel to the plane and configured to superpose beams from the two-dimensional laser-array light source in a first axis direction and emit the beams to the integrator optical system while limiting a divergence angle in the first axis direction of the two-dimensional array; and a plurality of second lenses disposed rearward of the first lenses and configured to superpose the beams from the two-dimensional laser-array light source in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction and emit the beams to the integrator optical system while limiting a divergence angle in the second axis direction.

2013-01-10

20130010216

TOUCH SCREEN PANEL LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A Touch Screen Panel (TSP) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device for reducing LCD noise measured in a TSP is provided. The TSP LCD device includes a ground line along an edge of an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer formed in a shield layer for grounding the ITO layer. With this arrangement, a resistance value difference according to a position of the ITO layer can be minimized. Accordingly, an LCD noise shield function can be improved.

2013-01-10

20130010217

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is disclosed, comprising a TFT-LCD module and its corresponding phase retarder, where the pixels of the TFT-LCD module applies a first display mode which comprises left-eye signal pixels, black matrix signal pixels, right-eye signal pixels and black matrix signal pixels that are horizontally arranged in a cyclical manner. The left-eye signal pixels and its corresponding black matrix signal pixels employ one type of phase retarder to emit a polarized signal while the right-eye signal pixels and its corresponding black matrix signal pixels employ the other type of phase retarder to emit the other polarized signal. By modifying pixel signals emitted by the TFT-LCD module of the liquid crystal display of the present invention, the elimination of the crosstalk at viewing three-dimensional images or the darkened luminance at viewing two-dimensional images can be achieved.

2013-01-10

20130010218

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device displaying a three-dimensional image using a left-eye image and a right-eye image includes a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates that are spaced apart from each other; a patterned retarder disposed over the liquid crystal panel; and an optical member disposed under the liquid crystal panel, wherein the optical member includes at least one inclined plane corresponding to each pixel region of the liquid crystal panel.

2013-01-10

20130010219

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel divided into a first area and a second area is provided. The first and second areas both include first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. Each first sub-pixel provides a first main alignment vector; each second sub-pixel provides a second main alignment vector having a direction opposite to that of the first main alignment vector. The LCD panel has first sub-pixel units and second sub-pixel units arranged in arrays. Each first sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from top to bottom in a column direction. Each second sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from bottom to top in the column direction. In any one of the first area and the second area, multiple first sub-pixel units and multiple second sub-pixel units are arranged together in a same row.

2013-01-10

20130010220

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a scan line, a data line intersects the scan line, an active device, a pixel electrode, an insulating layer covering the pixel electrode, an auxiliary electrode, a shielding electrode, and a first polymer stabilized alignment (PSA) layer is provided.

2013-01-10

20130010221

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided which has a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, in which liquid crystal molecules are vertically aligned with respect to the substrates when no voltage is applied between the substrates and the liquid crystal molecules tilt in a plurality of directions to be almost parallel to the substrates by applying a voltage between the substrates. In the liquid crystal layer, when the voltage is applied, a proportion of a region where the liquid crystal molecules tilt in a direction of 0 degrees to 180 degrees is different from a proportion of a region where the liquid crystal molecules tilt in a direction of 180 degrees to 360 degrees with the angle being defined counterclockwise with the right direction on a screen being 0 degrees.

2013-01-10

20130010222

METHOD FOR CUTTING PANEL SUBSTRATE AND SUBSTRATE CUTTING APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, which comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, and many main supporting parts which are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. A pixel area is arranged on the first substrate; and in the pixel area, the main supporting parts are arranged between two adjacent rows of sub pixels, and in the main supporting parts, one portion of the main supporting parts and the other portion of the main supporting parts are misaligned a distance from each other. When the LCD panel is pressed by an external force or the assembling accuracy of the upper/lower substrates is closed to a design tolerance, it can avoid or reduce the phenomenon of Mura or light leak occurred on the LCD panel.

2013-01-10

20130010223

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY BACKLIGHT DEVICE - A liquid crystal display backlight device for reducing a thickness of a terminal is provided. The liquid crystal display backlight device includes a backlight unit disposed at a lower part of a liquid crystal display module, a set bracket for mounting while enclosing the backlight unit, and a liquid crystal display Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB) folded from the liquid crystal display module to a rear surface of the set bracket. Therefore, a thickness and width of the liquid crystal display backlight device can further be reduced and thus a user can easily carry the liquid crystal display backlight device. Further, rigidity of the set bracket can be prevented from being weakened.

2013-01-10

20130010224

DISPLAY - A display cell having a recorded image includes: a first cell wall; a second cell wall opposed to the first cell wall; and a layer of a display medium disposed between the cell walls. The display medium includes a liquid crystal material having finely-divided pigment particles dispersed therein. Each cell wall includes an electrode for applying an electric field across the display medium. The image includes first picture elements in which pigment particles are aggregated at the first cell wall and second picture elements where the pigment particles are substantially not present at the first cell wall, each first picture element having at least one different light-reflecting property than each second picture element.

2013-01-10

20130010225

LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal module and a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal module includes a plastic frame, a front frame as well as a liquid crystal display panel positioned therebetween. The front frame is a square frame made of a sheet formed by vacuum molding. The front frame and the plastic frame are cooperated with each other in order to fix the liquid crystal display panel. The front frame includes an elastic buckling part/elastic clamping buckle, and the plastic frame includes a clamping buckle/buckling part being interference fit with the elastic buckling part/elastic clamping buckle for fixing the liquid crystal display panel. The front frame of the present disclosure, shortens the developing period so as to reduce the cost for opening module of the liquid crystal module and further reduce the manufacturing cost of the liquid crystal display.

2013-01-10

20130010226

LED PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An LED packaging structure includes a casing, an LED chip, and a lead frame arranged in the casing, The lead frame includes a bottom portion, and a first metal side wall and a second metal side wall respectively located on two sides of said bottom portion. The LED chip is arranged on the bottom portion. Plastic layers with high reflectivity are respectively disposed on surfaces of the first metal side wall and the second metal side wall are provided with and are extended towards the direction far away from the bottom portion and joint with the casing. The LED packaging structure of the present disclosure not only provides a longer path for the moisture to permeate the inside of the LED packaging structure, but also reduces the loss of the luminous flux due to light emitted from the LED chip irradiating on the metal bracket.

2013-01-10

20130010227

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display including a display panel, an optical film and a backlight module is disclosed. The optical film is disposed on the display panel and has a plurality of micro structures facing the display panel arranged on the optical film. The period of the arranged micro structures is between 90 μm˜3 μm. The backlight module and the optical film are disposed on opposite sides of the display panel respectively. The backlight module is used for emitting a light, which penetrates the display panel and reaches the optical film. The light is deflected by the micro structures of the optical film and then is emitted to the outside at an angle of 20˜70 degrees relative to a normal line of the light outputting plane of the optical film.

2013-01-10

20130010228

BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The patent application relates to a backlight module and a liquid crystal display. Such backlight module includes a front casing, a back casing and a light source. The front casing includes a first clamping part and a second clamping part externally and vertically extended from the first clamping part. The second clamping part is fixedly connected with the back casing. The light source is positioned between the first clamping part and the back casing, and the back side of the light source is contacted with the inner side face of the second clamping part. The inside of the second clamping part corresponding to the back of the light source is provided with a fin heat-dissipation structure. The patent application directly fixes an LED light source on the front casing of the all-in-one machine of the liquid crystal display, which simplifies the heat transmission way, reduces the thermal contact resistance and increases the effective heat-dissipation area of the front casing Thereby, the heat caused by the LED light source can be synchronously transmitted to the front casing and to the back casing. Besides, the utility model installs a fin heat-dissipation structure on the front casing corresponding to the back of the LED light source, which can improve the heat-dissipation efficiency to a large extent. Moreover, the utility model installs a honeycomb-structured buffer component on the front casing where the liquid crystal panel is clamped for enhancing the buffering performance of the liquid crystal panel.

2013-01-10

20130010229

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING PHOTO CONVERSION LAYER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device are discussed. One monochromatic light is transmitted through a liquid crystal layer and converted into white light having a plurality of wavelengths through upper photo conversion layer, thus improving light transmittance of liquid crystal and reducing a change in a screen color. The liquid crystal display panel includes: first substrate over the backlight unit; a liquid crystal layer over the first substrate to transmit the one monochromatic light; a photo conversion layer over the liquid crystal layer for converting the one monochromatic light into white light; a color filter layer over the photo conversion layer for filtering the converted white light to display color; and a second substrate on the color filter layer.

2013-01-10

20130010230

Backlight Device and Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - Provided is a backlight device having: a light source element having LEDs and a lens expanding light from the LEDs; a housing containing the light source element; a diffuser plate covering an opening portion of the housing; and a reflection sheet reflecting light emitted from the light source element, toward the diffuser plate. The LEDs are arranged in one or more rows, at a central zone. The lens has an incident surface receiving light from the LEDs, and an exit surface from which the light goes out, being expanded. The reflection sheet is configured such that the angle between the optical axis of the lens of the light source element, and a line connecting a light emitting surface of each LED of the light source element and an end portion of the backlight device on the long side thereof is within a range of 60°≦θm≦80°.

2013-01-10

20130010231

Backlight Device and Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - Provided is a backlight device having: a light source element having light emitting diodes and a lens expanding light from the light emitting diodes; a housing containing the light source element; a diffuser plate covering an opening portion of the housing; and a reflection sheet reflecting light emitted from the light source element, toward the diffuser plate. In the light source element, a plurality of the lenses are arranged at a central zone, the plurality of lenses being arranged in a plurality of rows.

2013-01-10

20130010232

LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a radiation surface, at least one light source provided to face the radiation surface, and an optical control member provided between the radiation surface and the light source and includes optical characteristics of transmission, diffraction, diffusion, and reflection, which vary for regions in the optical control member, a distribution of each of the optical characteristics being determined by positions relative to the at least one light source. The optical control member is formed in a sheet shape which is controlled by at least one of a reflective film having a reflection factor distribution, and a reflective film having a numerical aperture distribution, and lenses.

2013-01-10

20130010233

LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE ARRAY AND BACKLIGHT UNIT - A light emitting device array includes a substrate including a first region and a second region that is inclined with respect to the first region, a first light emitting device package arranged on the first region, and a second light emitting device package that is arranged on the second region and is inclined with respect to the first light emitting device package at an inclination angle between 90° and 160°.

2013-01-10

20130010234

OPTICAL FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, LIQUID CRISTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL FILM - An optical sheet having a single sheet structure for an edge-lighting backlight unit using a printless light guide plate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the same are provided. The optical sheet having a single sheet structure includes a first prism sheet having a prism pattern formed on the upper surface thereof, and a second prism sheet having a prism pattern formed on the upper surface thereof. Further, prism ridges of the first prism sheet are attached to the bottom surface of the second prism sheet by means of an adhesive so that the prism pattern of the first prism sheet and the prism pattern of the second prism sheet are directed in the same direction.